Go to my exam review page for lots of good ways to study and review.
Regents Review Sessions (Learning Institutes) with Mr Adler will be Thursday & Friday June 7 &8 and Tues-Weds-Thursday June 12-13-14 after school in room 325 .
You can also drop into my classroom forone-on-one help with any questions you have on Thursday June 14, Friday June 15 and Monday June 18 before the exams anytime from 9 to 11:30 AM and 1:00 to 3PM
The Regents exam is Tuesday June 19th from 12:30-3:30 . Please arrive at 12:15.
Room 411 is the conflict room and the room is for special accommodations.
Go to my exam review page for lots of good ways to study and review.
Weekend Work: SCORE AND GRADE Practice Regents K that I handed out last week. That will count as a problem set . Copies are below. I will give out the answer key Thursday. Show me the graded Regents on the last day of class, Monday, June 11.
The final problem set will be based on the paperback purple Regents Review Book, Section 6, Modern Physics. Read it. It sums up in a few pages all you need to know about Modern Physics fro the Regents exam. The actual assignment will happen in Google Classroom starting Monday June 4th and will be due Friday June 8th in Google classroom. It looks like this: You should bring in your red text book soon; we are done with it. Keep the purple review book until the Regents exam ( I will collect it in the gym). You will need it to study. I will give out and answer key to the whole book on the last day of class.
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Problem Set 4.6 Refraction due Friday June 1
a) Refraction multiple choice worksheet (stamp Tuesday) Textbook work: b) Read pages 485-487. Answer questions 1,2,3, 4 on page 487. (Stamp Thurs) c) Read pages 488-493. Answer question on page 508 -509 # 38,39, 53, 55, 60, 70, 75, 79. (Stamp Thurs)
Lab 4.7 Mixing Colored Light & Paint Due Weds
Problem Set 4.5 on Reflection (Ch 17) Due Monday May 21
1. Read the beginning of Chapter 17 on REFLECTION in plane mirrors pages 456-463 only.
2. Answer the questions from these 2 worksheets. Stamp Friday for any 6 questions answered or 2 stamps for 12 questions answered.
Thursday: Test 4.2 on Light & Electromagnetic Waves
First 2 Labs on Light due Wednesday: 4.5 Reflection. 4.6 Prism
PS 4.4: Introduction to Light * Ch 16
Due Wednesday May 15.
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a) After reading p. 431-433, define luminous, illuminated, opaque, transparent, and translucent. Stamp Friday May 10
b) Skip pages 434-437. Read "Speed of Light" pages 437-438 and "The Wave nature of Light" pages 439-445. Stamp Monday
Answer the Assessment questions, p. 452 #24, 25, 33, 34, 35, 36.
c) TEST CORRECTIONS
d) Worksheets below
Test Tuesday on waves & magnetism. See the Notes & Study page for review practice. Thursday in class: Finish, staple and hand-in any due problem set and lab report to the sub. Start the UTexas called "Waves Practice" which closes Saturday night. We are prepping for a test Tuesday.
Lab 4.4 Water Waves due Weds
PS 4.3 SOUND Due Thurs May 3
Read Ch. 15 on SOUND:
a) After reading pages 402-405, answer questions 1 and 4 on p. 405. (Stamp Monday April, 30) b) After reading pages 405-419, answer ASSESSMENT questions on p. 424 # 30, 36, 37 and Multiple Choice on p. 429 # 1 and 3 c) Worksheets:
1. Finish the lab on Tuning Forks . It is due Monday.
2. Finish the Problem Set. It is due Friday.
Lab 4.3 Tuning Forks due Monday
PS 4.2 Waves. Due Friday April 27
Read Chapter 14 on WAVES. Skip pages 376-80. Start on p381 .
After reading pages 381 - 385:
a. Define all terms in bold type (25pts) Stamp Monday
b. do Practice Problems #15 & 16 on p.386 ( 10 pts) Stamp Monday
Read WAVE BEHAVIOR on pages 387-391.
c) Do Chapter Assessment p. 396 # 30-34, 75, 76, 80, 89. (25 pts) Stamp Monday
d) Test corrections test 3.2 (10 pts)
e) Test corrections test 3.3 (10 pts)
f) Do Google Classroom worksheet called "Wave terms" (10 pts) g) 7 animations {20 pts} . Each animation shows you something about waves that can be seen by watching how it moves. Spend several minutes on each animation, then write on a piece of looseleaf a few sentences for each animation about what it's motion says about waves and their behavior.
Lab 4.4 Simulation for Mechnical Waves at Mechanical Waves - University of Colorado
You should try to make high and low frequency and wavelength waves, just like you did with the metal spring. Design your own experiment with the simulation, write your own procedure, make your own observations obout what changes when you experiment with changing different things, and draw your own conclusions. Take a screen shot to use as your diagram .
If anyone wants to earn 2 points extra credit for 3rd quarter, Mr. Adler needs help setting up for the Engineering Expo over the weekend . If you want to do it, you have to see him Friday (room 325 across from my room) and sign up for a time slot to help set up the show Make sure he sees you there the day of the expo...he will give me a list of who gets extra credit, Info about the expo is at http://www.beanengineer.org/ It is at White Plains High school on Sunday, April 15.
Thursday:
Follow the instructions with of teacher covering the class. Have the work below done by the end of the week.
Google classroom update: I've graded the Resistivity video assignment and returned it in Google Classroom , but I won't add it to Power School until I get back sometime in April. That will count for 4th quarter. If you haven't done it, you can still do it for 80% late credit.
Make sure you have joined the right Google classroom class:
Period 8 : the correct code to join is doqtufm. One student in this section accidentally joined my Forensics class and needs to fix that. Period 5: the correct code to join is fg0rlk.
I've added a video with an explanation of 5 regents questions to answer on magnetism as the last part of PS.4.1. It should be done in Google Classroom,
Over the break, I graded what you handed in and updated PowerSchool. When you get back to school April 9th, please check PowerSchool and work on anything you haven't done yet that is entered as a zero. Email me if something seems incorrect or if you have to make up a test online due to absence. The third quarter ends this Friday. I want to make sure all grades are finalized by the end of this week. I've set your lowest test grade to be dropped in calculating your average for the 3rd marking period.Once all the old work is done and handed in to your sub (don't use the mailbox), continue with PS 4.1 below. Any new work we do this week will count for the 4th marking period.
PS 4.1 Introducing Magnetism (Chapter 24) due Friday April 13th
a. Read pages 642 - 648. -Answer Practice Problems on page 647 #1-4. (20 points)
b. Watch the cartoon movies on magnetism that the sub shows on the smartboard. Take notes as you watch using your own judgement. Attach notes to this problem set; 3 -5 key facts/notes per 10 minute movie clip.(25 points). If the smartboard isn't working or you miss a class, all 6 clips Can be played from YouTube as a continuous movie at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bht9AJ1eNYc
c. Online work in Google Classroom 5 regents question worksheet on magnetism from teacher video. (25 points)
Thursday (Cycle day 4) March 28
Take test 3.3 in class on paper today. I found a technical problem with accessing responses in Google Classroom in the practice test we did, so I decided I'd rather go with paper for the test to play it safe. It should take around 30 minutes to complete. If you need extra time, ask your substitute teacher.
Nothing is due the Monday you come back after break if you've done and handed into the sub this week everything under "Old Stuff" below Yoda, but ifyou want to get ahead and get an extra credit stamp, here's the start of what's next. It will count for 4th quarter. Make sure you've got the old stuff done...you can hand things in late work after the break for 80% credit since that is still the last week of the 3rd quarter.
Have a good break!
Wednesday (Cycle day 3) March 27
A common mistake many of you made on the practice quiz was not to flip your final answer for adding resistors in parallel. For three 2 ohm resisters in parallel: 1/Rtotal = 1/2 + 1/2 +1/2 = 3/2 But that is not the final answer (its only 1/Rtotal). To get R total, you have to reciprocate both sides of the equation again, so Rtotal = 2 ohms/3 or 0.67 ohms (not 6. not 1.5).
The following students need to sign in today to make sure they can access Google classroom and that you can do the practice questions. pd. 5 : Jim M. and Tom G. pd 8: Tom P, Nevin S and Mike S.
If you didn't do it yesterday, TRY THE PRACTICE TEST IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM TODAY. It won't count in your grade; I just want to be sure everyone knows how to take a test in Google Classroom. Its just one multiple choice and one free response, just to make sure everything is working. If you are having a problem with Google Classroom or the practice test, email me at mfrancesco@socsd.org.
If you've finished everything above & below, use the Notes & Study Page to practice forTest 3.3 on Thursday.It will be an online test in in Google Classroom. If you can't figure out how to join the class using the instruction below, get one of the students who has to show you how to today.
It's been arranged so either Mr. Adler or Mr. Keelty will be able to work with your Physics class on certain days and periods for the rest of my absence. I'm glad they can help you. Ask questions on what you don't understand so far and follow their directions. Ms. Putko has a flashdrive of instructional videos that I would like you to see and will oversee you when you are doing work at your desks to learn the material.
Pd. 5/4 Mr. Adler will teach Regents Physics class each day period 5 and Ms.Putko will be there period 4 on days 2,4,6(lab periods )
Pd. 8/9 Mr. Keelty will teach Regents Physics Days 1, 3, 5 (lab periods) and Ms.Putko will be there period 8 each day .
Bring your chromebook or computer with earbuds every day .There will be work to do online or in Google classroom.
The first period Ms. Putko is covering I would like you to go online and sign up for a new Google Classroom account I've set up for each class. This will allow you to hand in homework online so we don't have to try to move any more papers back and forth.
How do students sign up for Google classroom?
Join a your new Regents Physics class in Google Classroom
Sign in to Classroom with your Google Account. For example, you@yourschool.edu or you@gmail.com. ...
At the top, click Add Join class.
Enter the class code for your class highighted on the next line and click "Join. ..".
To join the right class students in Period 5/4 must use join code fg0rlk and Period 8/9 most use join code doqtufm.
Once you are in, please start the first assignment called "Resistivity Video Assignment". Due in GoogleClassroom by Weds night.
Any old work below that was handed in last week I have at home now and will grade and enter soon in Powerschool. Any old work that wasn't yet handed please hand in to Ms Putko by Wednesday March 28 and someone will get it to me to correct over the break.
Friday (cycle day 6):
1. You should start the new UTexas on Series & Parallel Circuits to get ready for a test on it next week , It counts as a homework, with the usual 80% correct is 100.
2. During the double period, your sub will stream a movie on the topic called
Episode 33: Electric Circuits - The Mechanical Universe
3. See SnowDay Update below from Weds. SnowDay Update: PS 3.5 has been graded and added to power school. I will try to send graded papers back to you Weds. I would like you to start stapling together each problem set you've finished below and I will have a sub collect them on Thursday and I will have someone get them to my by house for me to grade and add to PowerSchool. If you have a low grade for PS 3.5 now, complete it this week (online UTexas or Power Problems) and also give that to the sub Weds. Don't use the mailbox....staple and hand in everything to sub with name and PS # on it on Thursday . Same thing for old labs . Check Power School to see what you may have to finish or still hand in.
Try to help each other with this work. Next week I will try to set up some way to interact with you for some Q&A (maybe Google Classroom) to see what I can help you with. Thanks for being patient as I get better. * M. Francesco Classroom Work to start Friday and finish on Monday in class from the RED TEXTBOOK.
PS 3.8 Book Problems on Series & Parallel Circuits + Movie Problems
Odd problems have solutions in back to help you. Try, then peek at solution. A. Series Circuits Page 619 #1,2,3,4,5. Draw the circuit first , then solve. There is a section of the reference tables that sums up the series formulas. Have that out. Key idea; In series circuits, current is the same all through the circuit but voltages add up across each resistor (like our 3 light bulbs did)
B. Parallel Circuits page 626 #15,16,17 Draw the circuit first , then solve. There is a section of the reference tables that sums up the parallel formulas. Have that out. Key idea; In parallel circuits, voltage is the same for each resistor parallel to the batter but currents split up as it flows into each branch.
C. Unless you have earbuds, do these movies from APlus Physics at home so the sound doesn't distract classmates. I would like you to literally watch and copy out the problems he does as if it were you copying what I do in class, Its the same formulas, but uses a table to organize the calculations, which some students find a helpful organizer in series and parallel circuits. This will take about an hour total to do.
Save what you do on paper, computer or google drive until I get back.
PS 3.7 Series & Parallel II * Weds & Thursday to be started in class.
See if you can do the same simulations online but now we will step it up a level:
a. Do 3 bulbs in series, one switch to turn them all on and off. Then try to drag in the voltmeters to measure the voltage across each bulb, Then add an ammeter to see how much current is coming out of the battery when the circuit is on.
b. Do 3 bulbs parallel, but have 3 separate switches so each can be turned off independently. Check voltages and current with meters, Tell how the readings and brightness change when individual switches are turned on and off.
c. Do these 2 worksheets found at the link below. You can answer on looseleaf or print out and fill-in, whichever you prefer, Goto http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/Circuits
Work already started in class on Monday & Tuesday
PS 3.6 Series & Parallel Circuits I 1. Read about series and parallel circuits. Use either one of these pdfs
or read the chapter from the red textbook on series & parallel circuits in your textbook.
2. On looseleaf;
a, Draw 2 light bulbs connected in series with each other and to a battery so they all light up.
b. Draw 2 light bulbs wired parallel to each other and connected to a battery so they would turn all on.
c. Tell how the current, voltages and resistance would be similar or different in the series circuit compared to the parallel circuit that you just drew.
3, Now you will draw these same 2 circuits online with a simulator and see if they actually light up. When the lights work, take a screen shot or save to google drive so you can eventually print it out to hand in. Go to http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/circuit-construction-kit-dc: click on RUN NOW to start the simulation.
Hint, If it catches fire, you accidentally added a wire that short circuited to the battery without going through the bulb,,,,remove that wire..
OLD WORK FROM LAST WEEK
PS 3.5
1. UTexas on current due Friday 3/2 before midnight 3/2: 80% gets full 50 pts.
2. Power problems are due Monday 3/5 on looseleaf from the reading packet : page 388 #2,3,5, 7. Page 390 #9, 11. Page 394 #19, 20. worth 50 pts A copy is at http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdf In class Monday before handing in the problem set, do the energy cost problem #25 on page 398 using the new unit "kilowatt-hours".
3. Test Tuesday 3/6.
4. Lab 3.4 onPower and lab 3.5 on Bulbs in Seres are both due Wednesday 3/7
For Weds Feb 28th
PS 3.4 Current Electricity
a. Over the break, read the handout I gave Friday. A copy is at http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdf THEN on looseleaf, a. write out all boldface words and their definitions from 385-388. (stamp Tues) b. Test 3.1 corrections. (stamp Tues)
T'Challa rules......literally
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Labs 3.2 & 3.3 can be handed in any day this week.
P.S. 3.3 VOLTAGE due Friday Feb 16
a) Read pages 569-572 in the red textbook on Voltage. Solve problems (showing work) for problems #21, 22 and 23 on page 572 . (Stamp Tuesday) b) Watch the first 5 minutes of the video on voltage ("electrical potential difference) at http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/regents/videos/ElecPotDiff/ElecPotDiff.html Write out the solutions on looseleaf to sample problems 1,2 & 3 that he takes you through (Stamp Wednesday) c) Read about Millikan's Experiment on pages 573-574. Answer questions 26, 27, 28 on page 574 d) Read page 575-578, then answer questions # 63 and 65 on page 585.
Problem Set 3.1 * Ch.20 Static Electricity * due Friday Feb 2
Lab 3.1 due Friday
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a. Read pp. 541-545. Answer "Mastering Concepts" p. 558 # 23,24, 25, 26. (Stamp for 2 problems started on Tuesday. Stamp if 4 problems done by Wednesday)
b. Read pp. 546-551. Solve problem # 9 & 10 on p. 552
c. Mastering Problems p. 559 # 42, 43, 45
d. New work to do in class with sub on Thursday:
Read any pages you haven't read yet in Chapter 20.
Answer questions 27, 31 and 35 on page 558
Period 3 & 4: If you have fished all the above, quiz yourself with the following:
Midterm is Friday, 8:30 AM - 11:30 in Gym. Period 5 is row I. Period 8 is row K. Extended time is in Room 418.
You can drop in for extra help in my classroom during midterm week on Monday morning from 8:30 to 11:30 and all day Weds 8:30 - 3:00 . For practice, go to the Midterm Review page
PS 2.10 MOMENTUM
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1. Book work:
a. Read pages 228-233. Answer questions #1-4 on p. 233. Stamp Tuesday
b. Read pp. 236-237. Answer questions #13-16 on p. 238. c. Read pp.238-240. Solve problems # 19-21 on p. 240 d. On the Assessment page (p 250) Complete the Concept Map #32 and Mastering Concepts # 33, 34, 41 and 43. e. Use the attached momentum graph to complete this worksheet.
Test Friday Jan 12 on Energy, Work & Power . See our Notes & Study Page for extra practice and notes.
Spring Lab due Tuesday Jan 16
Problem Set 2.9 Springs & Energy Due Thursday Jan 11 .
a> Read pages 376-377. Answer questions #1-5 on page 378. (30points) b> Do the 2 sided handout given out in class (20 points) c) Get 80% correct on the UTexas on Work,Energy & Power in class on Thursday (50 points)
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PS 2.8 Conservation of Energy * Read Chapter 11 * Due Monday Jan 8.
a. Correct test 2.3 on Circles and Gravity (20 pts) Stamp Friday
b. After reading pages 285-287 answer problems #1 and 2 on page 287. (20 pts) Stamp Friday
c. After reading pages 288-290, answer problems #5,6,7 on page 291. (15 pts)
d. After reading pages 291-296 answer problems #15 and 16 on page 297. (20 points)
e. Answer multiple choice #1- 5 on page 311, showing the math behind your answer (25 points)
Lab 2.7 on Pulleys due Weds Jan 3rd
PS 2.7 Work & Energy due Tuesday Jan 2nd
a. Read the red textbook ages 257-261 and answer questions #1-3 on pages 261. {stamp Weds}
b, Read the red textbook p.262-264 and answer questions #9-13 on 264. {stamp Thurs}
MULTIPLE CHOICE BELOW: Show work for calculations.
c. Read the purple regents review book pages 49-52 and answer questions 1-16 on pages 52-53 (do not write in the book) {stamp Friday}
d. Read page 54 and answer questions 17-23.
e. Read pages 55-57 and answer questions 24-27.
PS 2.6 Circular Motion
I. BOOK WORK {40 pts} due Friday Dec 15
a. Read pp. 153-156. Do problem #12, 13 & 15 on p. 156.
b. On p. 166, do # 65 showing all work.
c) p 169 #2 and 4 (show work). II. 2 UTexas {60 pts} : both close Monday at 6PM. After that you can see full solutions to any questions you couldn't do. On Circles, skip #10
{You get 30 points on each once you get 70% correct} Lab on Circular Motion due Monday Dec 18 Test Tuesday Dec 19th on Circles & Gravity
Correct test 2.2 for 50% points back by Weds Dec 13.
PS 2.5 GRAVITY
due Monday December 11.
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Book work: We are skipping the begining of the gravity chapter.
A. Read pages 175, skip 176, then read p.177-178. Answer #74,75, 76, 78 and 83 on pp. 192-193.
60 points
B > ONLINE REGENTS REVIEW BOOK
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Gravity Reading .pdf and answer the 5 gravity Regents questions from the sheet below.
Lab 2.4 Inclined Plane . Lab 2.5 Fan Cart. Both due Tuesday Dec 5.
Test Monday on Projectiles, Incline Planes & Rivers PS 2.4 Projectiles, Incline Planes & Rivers {2D Motion} Due Friday 12/1 Stamp Weds for any 2 finished problems. Friday for at least setting up any 5.
a. INCLINED PLANES: Read pages 132 -135
Do problems #38, 39, 40 and 41 on page 135 . Draw the inclined plane
and show the trigonometry in each problem . b. PROJECTILES Assessment problems on page 164-166 # 51,52, 56, 68, 75. C. RIVER; draw and solve #69 & 70 on page 166 . D. Test Corrections.
Test Friday Nov 17 on 2-D Vectors & Friction
Rocket lab 2.3 due Monday Nov. 20.
Tom the Turkey is coming soon to a table near you........
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Gobble, gobble.
PS 2.3 Projectiles: All of this week's work will be handed in on Monday 11/27
Start reading Chapter 6Motion in 2-Dimensions
A. First read p. 147-149 Then answer the following questions:
1. . What is meant by the title "independence of motion" on the top of p. 148?
How does the picture at the bottom of the page illustrate this? (Stamp Tuesday) 2. Do practice problem #1, 2,3 on p 150. Stamp Weds if done up to here. B . Read pp 150-152. Do problems 4,5,6 on p. 152 4. Do problem #52 from p. 165. C. SKIP pages 154-156. Read pages 157-159. Solve problems 24 and 25 on p. 159.
Lab 2.1 Friction due Tuesday Nov 14 Lab.2.2 Projectiles due Wednesday Nov 15 .
PS #2.2 FRICTION. Due Monday Nov 13 a. Read pages 126-128 on friction. Then answer problems #17-19 on p 128. Draw then solve. (15 points)stamp Wednesday b. Read p.129.. Then answer problems #22-25 on p 130. Draw then solve. (20 points) c. Signed grade report (10 points) Wednesday d. Test #4 corrections(5 points) Wednesday e. Utexas on Friction (50 points for 80% - closes Monday night)
Lab 2.2 Rocket The last double period this week please bring a warm jacket or sweatshirt.......we are going outside to do a rocket lab.
PS #2.1 : Forces in 2 -D as Vectors. Due Monday Nov 6th. Chapter 5 to be handedin to thesub at the end of class Monday (not the mailbox) a. Do questions #1,2,3, 4 on page 121. (Stamp Weds) b. Read pages 122-124. Then answer questions #5,6,7 on p. 125. Draw to scale then solve. (Stamp Thurs) c. page 141 #79-82 (Draw to scale) d. There will be a UTexas on 2D vectors to work on in class Monday. 80% correct gets the full 30 pts. Problems that are difficult you can ask me to go over Tuesday. Closes Tuesday night 11:59PM.
PS #5 Forces * Hand in looseleaf work Friday Oct 27. Finish UTexas online by Saturday . a. Test Corrections (10 pts) b. UTexas on Newton's Laws - 80 % get full 20 - closes Saturday. c. Book work (70 pts...lots of drawing)
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In this chapter you will read a few pages, study a sample problem, and then try similar problems
.a. Read pages 86-89. Then answer questions #1-5 each DRAWING afree-body diagrams.(FBD)
b. Read pages 90-93. Then aswer questions #6,7. Draw FBD then solve. (stamp #1)
c. Read pages 94-97. Then answer problems #15,16,17 on p 97. Draw FBD then solve.
d. Read p.98-100.. Then answer problems #19-20 on p 100. Draw FBD then solve.(Skip 20 e)
e. Read p.100-104 . Then answer problems #28-29 on p 104. Draw FBD then solve (stamp #2)
f.. Read p.105-107. Then answer problems #32-33 on p 106. Draw FBD then solve.
g. Do Multiple Choice on pp. 117 #1 and #3-8. You do not have to show work for these. .(Skip #2)
Period 8 has a lab report due Monday, Oct 16 on the speed-time motion detector experiment .Period 5 does not because they already handed it in.
Week 2 of October:
PS 4: Motion Chapter 3 due Friday Oct 13
Test Corrections {10 pts}
Start reading Chapter 3 on Motion. Questions below for 90 Pts
a. Read pages 56-61, then answer questions #1-4 on p. 61. {Stamp Tuesday}
b. Read pages 62-64, the answer questions # 6 and 7 on p. 64
c. Read pages 65-71, then answer questions
#22 & 23 on p. 67
#26 & 27 on p. 69
#30 & 31 on p. 71
d. Read section 3.3 “Freefall” on pages 72-74 then answer the following questions.
1. What big breakthrough in understanding motion did Galileo make?
2. Tell how much a ball thrown straight up in the air changes speed
every second while rising?
3. Tell how much a ball thrown straight up in the air changes speed
every second while falling?
4. Give the number and unit for “the acceleration of gravity”.
5. Do problems #42 and 45 on p.74. Show all work.
PS #3: Motion 2 Due Thursday Oct 5. Test #2 on Friday Oct 6.
a. Book work (50 points): Read page 38. Then on page 39 answer problems #11 and 12 on looseleaf Read page 40 . Then on page 41 answer problems #14-17 on looseleaf. Do "standardized test practice" #1-7 on p. 55. Justify each multiple choice answer with a sentence or equation. (20 pts) b. UTexas (50 points for 80% done) closes Thursday at end of school day, after which you could see solutions and answers at home for review.
*Week 4 of September:
Lab report on Motion Detector due Friday Hand in to substitute.
Problem Set #3 Representing Motion Due Friday Sept 29 Hand in to substitute.
Read Chapter 2 of the red textbook.
a. Read p.31-36 of text book on "Representing Motion". Answer questions 49, 50, 51 on page 53 (stamp Monday) 15 points.
b. Correct all mistakes on test and staple it into problem set. (15 pts) Stamp Weds
c. 3 worksheets to be given out in class. are posted by clicking here (70 pts) Stamp Tuesday for finishing the first sheet c alled "Representing Motion"
Week 3 :
Lab #3 due Monday 9/21 on speed of car.
Week 3:Test on Wednesday on Measurement: study everything we've learned before this week . See the Notes & Study page for powerpoints used.
Lab #2 on Speed Due Monday Sept 18.
Problem Set #2 is a test review in UTexas . You get a 100 once you get it 80% correct. Closes Monday night .
Week 2 Read Chapter 1
Problem Set #1: Due Friday Sept 15.
a) Get the parent letter signed . Staple it into the homework you will hand in Fiday (10 pts)
b) Sign the Classroom Rules page (10 pts)
C. Book work: Problem Set #1 (click on it) It involves reading the first chapter of textbook with bookwork done on looseleaf. (80%)
Extra credit stamp Wednesday if you answer #1 & 2 ahead oftime.
Enrichment Videos
A video just for fun:
"What is Physics?" a little comic relief from Sheldon & Penny
PS 4.8 The Nucleus Chapter 30 : Due Tuesday June 6
a. Mass Defect & Binding Energy: Read pages 799 - 804.
Answer problems #5 and 6 on page 805 showing formulas and work. Stamp Thursday,
b. Nuclear Reactions: Read pages 806 - 808.
What are alpha particles? beta partices? gamma rays?
Answer questions 15, 18 on p. 808 and 20 & 23 on p. 809. Stamp Friday.
c. Fission & Fussion: Read pages 811-814.
Tell the difference between fusion and fission.
d. Particle Accelerators: Read pages 815-823. Answer questions #79-82 on page 829. The Standard Model Chart on your Regents Reference Table may help with this.
e. Movie with sub: 3 new things about Modern Physics you learned from the movie "Elegant Universe".
Thursday in class: online practice on UTexas in computer room 205: sub will take you there from 324. Counts as a homework: 80% right gets full homework points. If you finish early, study using the Notes & Study page
Test on Tuesday. See Notes & Study page
Lab 4.9 on Curved Mirrors & Lenses is due Friday May 19.
PS 4.7 Quantum Mechanics due Tuesday May 23 {50 pts}
#1 Classical Gas: What ideas in classical physics were eventually contradicted by modern quantum physics? #2 Quantum Leap Max Planck'Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class. (Stamp Friday) #3 Bohring the Atom Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class. #5 Pesky Atoms: Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class. #7 Atoms have signatures So how do atoms have "signatures"? What is this gadget they used called a "spectroscope"?
3. Read Chapter 27 beginning on page 722.
After reading, answer #29-35, 37, 38 on page 742. (50 pts)
Test Thursday part 1, then Tuesday part 2 all on Curved Lenses & Mirrors , Images and Modern Physics.
Test part 2 Tuesday: Free response; explain, define, draw, measure with protractor, calculate etc. Anything we learned on light and color and scientists who made the discoveries is testable.
Test on Light and lab due Monday May 15
PS 4.6 Optics Due Friday 5-11
a. UTexas assignment online Waves 1. (40pts for 80% correct )
If you missed the Tuesday night deadline, I've moved the dates to allow late submission until Saturday night. Solutions open Sunday morning.
b. . Do the book work on looseleaf that sub gives you in class on Weds (stamp Thursday) 60 pts
Refraction Chapter 18 Read pages 484-487. Show all work in solving problems #1-5 on page 487. You can look up the values of each index of refraction “n” on page 486.
Reflection Chapter 17 Read pages 456-463. Answer the “Mastering Concepts” questions from page 478 # 31-34, 53,54.
Introduction to Light * Ch 16 due on Wednesday May 3.
Read Chapter 16 on Light. a) After reading p. 431-433, define luminous, illuminated, opaque, transparent, and translucent. Stamp Thurs 4/217 (15 pts) b)Skip pages 434-437. Read "Speed of Light" pages 437-438 and "The Wave nature of Light" pages 439-445. Answer the Assessment questions, p. 452 #24, 25, 33, 34, 35, 36.Stamp Friday 4/259(25 pts)
Lab 4.6 on Color due Tuesday May 2
Prism Lab due Friday April 28
Lab 4.4 on Water Waves due Monday April 24
Test Weds on Sound and Magnetism
PS 4.3 Waves & Sound due Friday April 21
Read Chapter 14 on WAVES. Skip pages 376-80. Start on p381 .
After reading pa. ges 381 - 385: a. Define all terms in bold type (stamp Monday) (30pts) b. do Practice Problems #15 & 16 on p.386 (stamp Tues) ( 10 pts) Read WAVE BEHAVIOR on pages 387-391. c) Do Chapter Assessment p. 396 # 30-34, 75, 76, 80, 89. (30 pts)
Lab 4.3 on Tuning Forks due Weds.
PS 4.2 is about FREE-FORM EXPERIMENTATION with ONLINE SIMULATIONS and is due Friday April 7 . Try some simulations from the Phet website on electricity and magnetism at
Directions: Write on a piece of paper what you learned from the ones you try. Print out one of the simulations and explain what is happening in it. I expect evidence that you were fully engaged in these simulations the whole time you had class withe the sub today,and will grade it accordingly.
Lab 4.2 on Investigating Magnetic Fields due Friday as well.
PS 4.1 MAGNETISM Due Friday 4/7
Book work 80pts Test Corrections 20 pts a. Read pages 642 - 647. Answer "Mastering Concepts" p.664 #33,35, 36, 37. Stamp Monday b. Read about "Electromagnetism" pages 648-658 c. Answer assessments: p. 665 #59, 60, 61, 62 (These are typical, Regents-style questions) any 2 for stamp Wednesday d.Correct both Test 3.3 and 3.4 (if you already submitted it, just restaple it into this week's problem set for credit.
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Weekend homework:
Lab report 4.1 on the Fuse is due Monday.
Stamps Monday for starting the first 4 questions below on Magnetism.
Lab 3.6 Parallel Light Bulbs due Thursday Mar 30
PS 3.8 Complex Circuits (Series & Parallel): Friday Mar 31
Circuit Test Friday
a) Get 85% correct on the UTexas Simple Circuit assignment by Monday night 3/27 to get the full 40 homework points.
Read from the new packet on Series & Parallel Circuits below
a. Do problems #1-6 on page 388, showing all work, formulas and units. (stamp on Monday) (Note: odd problems have answers in margin so you can check if you are doing it correctly) b. Read pages 389-390. Solve problems 9 - 14, showing all work (stamp Tuesday) c. Read page 391. Draw circuits and solve problems #15- 17 on page 391. Correct test 3.2
Lab 3.3 E Maps due Monday March 13
Raffle Thursday March 16th
Test on Voltage & Current on Friday March 17th
P.S. 3.6 VOLTAGE due Tuesday March 14
a) Read 569-572 on Voltage. Solve problems (showing work) for problems #21, 22 and 23 on page 572 . (Stamp Monday). b)Write out the solutions on looseleaf to sample problems 1,2 & 3 that he takes you through (Stamp Tuesday) c)Watch the first 5 minutes of the video on voltage ("electrical potential difference) at http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/regents/videos/ElecPotDiff/ElecPotDiff.html (stamp Wednesday) d) Read about Millikan's Experiment on pages 573-574. Answer questions 26, 27, 28 on page 574 (Stamp Thursday) e) Read page 575-578, then answer questions # 63 and 65 on page 585.
IF there is a Snow Day Tuesday, add this and hand in the next day FIRST Read the hand out from pages 385-388. If you lost the handout, an extra copy is at http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdf THEN on looseleaf, a. write out all boldface words and their definitions from 385-388.
Test Friday on everything we have learned about electricity.
PS 3.5 Electrostatics II Due Thursday, March 2nd
a. Correct Test (10pts)
b Watch these videos online on electricity and write/draw from the videos as described below. (40 points) Stamp Monday
On looseleaf, copy the problem and solution on the force between 3 protons and an electron. Try to understand all 4 problems done,but you don't have to copy them.
d. Read about Electric Fields on pages 563-565 1,2,3. (20pts)
Lab on Momentum due Monday
For the last 10 points Go to https://wikispaces.com/join/FHX7DD9 Use the following joincode FHX7DD9 This will allow you to access my superfiles wiki which we will use for some assignments and extra credit in the second semester, Set up a username and password like you did with ScienceofStarWars last semester. Don't do any of the tasks yet....just sign in and save your password for later use.
Finish UTexas on Energy by Monday night. If you want to get ahead, start reading Chapter 9 on Momentum.
Problem Set 3.2 Springs & EnergyDue Monday Feb 6.
a> Read pages 376-377. Answer questions #1-5 on page 378. (30points) b> Do the 2 sided free response with graphs from handout. (20 points) c) Get 80% correct on the UTexas on Work,Energy & Power (50 points)
Problem Set 3.1: Midterm Corrections to be done by the end of the 3rd quarter.
Find a time when you can drop by my room to finish it in the next couple of weeks.
Corrections go on separate looseleaf, showing solutions to any midterm questions you didn't get right, justifying your answers and or explaining your mistake.
Extra Help Hours for Midterm in Room 324 Monday and Tuesday : 9:00 am to 10:00 AM and 1:00-2:00 PM.
Midterm in Gym Weds Jan 25th, 12:30- 3:30.
Students who get a special location should report to room 423 instead of the gym.
PS# 2.8 Work & Energy.......... due Thursday Jan 19. This is the last assignment in marking period #2,
Read pp. 257-265.
a. Solve problems #1-3 on p. 261. (Stamp Tuesday Jan 16)
b. Solve problems #9-13 on page 264. (Stamp Wednesday Jan 7)
c. Read from the review book (purple paperback) pages 49-57 and answer #17, 18, 20, 23 on page 55 and #24,25,26,27 on p. 57 on looseleaf, showing formulas, units and work.
We will go over the midterm material and how to prepare for it on Thursday and Friday. If you want to start early, go over old tests, chapter 2 only of the purple review book and use the links at the Notes & Study page. All the review material and online links are still there . The topics we are doing this week since the last test are not on the midterm ( no Springs, Energy, Work, Power, Momentum or Impulse).
The 2 labs on springs and pulleys are dur Friday Jan 13.
a. Finish the UTexas on Gravity by Friday night Jan 6. 80% right gets you the full 50 points, so you don't have to get everything right the first time through. The 50 points counts as the second half of problem set 2.7 on Gravity that you already handed in.
b. Finish the Gravity Regents packet (17 Questions) with answers justified in the right column for Monday Jan 9.
Test Thursday Jan 12 on
If you have a chromebook, go to the Chrome store and download Pasco's Sparkvue software before Wednesday's class. We will use it for a lab Weds. The link to download is
BOOK WORK {50 pts} a. Read pp. 153-156. Do problem #12, 13 & 15 on p. 156. b. On p. 166, do # 65 showing all work. c) p 169 #2 and 4 (show work) Stamp for each part (a,b,c) that is done by Friday. d. UTexas : closes Tuesday night. {You get all 50 points once you get 80% correct} e. Test Correction ; later (10 pts)
Problem Set 2.4 Projectile Motion Due Monday Dec 12th
Test Corrections: {Stamp Tuesday}
Book work { 90 pts} is below:
Start reading Chapter 6 Motion in 2-Dimensions
First read p. 147-149 Then answer the following questions:
1. Do practice problem #1, 2,3 on p 150. {Stamp Wednesday} if done up to here.
Next read pp 150-152. 2. Do problems 4,5 on p. 152 4. 3. Do problem #52 from p. 165. SKIP pages 153-156. Finally, read pages 157-159. 4. Solve problems 24 and 25 on p. 159. 5. Solve assessment problems on page 164-166 # 51, 56, 68, 70,75. Staple in Test with Corrections {10 pts}
PS 2.5 Utexas assignment: Projectiles.
85% correct gets 100 for the homework. It closes Monday night.
PS#2.3 Test Review * Test Weds, hand in work Friday
Complete practice sheets that we do in class in preparation for Wednesday's test on 2D vectors
a. Inclined Plane at 80 degrees {10 pts}
b. Multiple choice Assessments Part A & C from last week's vector packet. { 40 pts}
Answers are on Notes & Study page.
c. Thursday in class: Read the beginning of Chapter 6, pages 146-149.
1. Define the following in your own words: trajectory, projectile. 2. How does figure 6.1 with the 2 baseballs on page 148 show "Independence of Motion on 2 Dimensions". (stamp Friday)
Read pages 131-135 in the red textbook over the break to learn how to analyze inclined planes. There is no written work to do over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Test on Forces at Angles Wednesday Nov 30. Practice using the multiple choice in last week's packet. I will post answers after Thanksgiving. It is not required homework; just test prep.
Hand in lab report on Inclined Plane and PS 2.2 by Tuesday, November 22.
PS 2.2 Forces at Angles
Start reading this packet on Vectors given out in class. A copy is below:
Note: Use a ruler and protractor for any problems that say "solve graphically"
Problems to be done on looseleaf (90%)
Stamp Wednesday for reading up to page 33 and doing TRY IT #1on page 31 and #2 (a & d only page 33). Stamp Thursday for reading up to 35 and doing TRY IT #4 a,b, & c only on page 35 Stamp Friday for reading up to 37 and doing TRY IT #5 on page 37 "Try Its" #6,7,8 on page 39.
Physics is Magic.* * * * * * * * * * Magic is Strange.
Test Tuesday 11/15 on Forces. Practice real problems we did or those on my Notes & Study Page.
Start Utexas on Forces on Wednesday in class. It closes Friday night. 80% correct gets you 100 for the first problem set of the new marking period.
Lab #2.1 on String Tension due Election Day, Tuesday November 8.
Week 8: Chapter 4 (and part of 5) on Forces due Friday Nov 4th.
Lab on friction due Tuesday. a. Read about FRICTION on pages 126-130. Solve problems 17-20 on page 128 showing work and units.(stamp Wednesday) Show formulas, work and full solutions with units for the following problem at the end of Chapter 4: b. page 113 #59, 60, 61, 64, 67, 68 (Stamp Thursday) c. Elevator problem #69 on page 113 (refer to p, 98-99 if you need to review apparent weight in an elevator). d. page 114 #75, 77, 79, 80 . Draw these problems first and make a free body diagram before writing equations,
Nothing is due Monday, Make a really cool costume for Halloween and prep for Color Week.
It isn't just Halloween. The Saturday before Halloween is also HALLOWEEN COMICFEST at your local comic shop. Participating stores give out free comics published by comic companies specially for that day. Comic Warehouse in Pearl River should have them.
] Week 7: FORCE
Lab #7 on Measuring Forces due Thursday, October 27.
PS #5 Force * Due Friday Oct 28 I. Test Corrections (10 pts) II. Book work {80 pts} Read Chapter 4 on Forces. Answer as you read........||
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In this chapter you will read a few pages, study a sample problem, and then try similar problems
.a. Read pages 86-89. Then answer questions #1-5 with free-body diagrams.(FBD)
b. Read pages 90-93. Then aswer questions #6,7. Draw FBD then solve. (stamp Tuesday)
c. Read pages 94-97. Then answer problems #15,16,17 on p 97. Draw FBD then solve.
d. Read p.98-100.. Then answer problems #19-20 on p 100. Draw FBD then solve.(Skip 20 e)
e. Read p.100-104 . Then answer problems #28-29 on p 104. Draw FBD then solve (stamp Weds)
f.. Read p.105-107. Then answer problems #32-33 on p 106. Draw FBD then solve.
g. Do Multiple Choice on pp. 117 #1 and #3-8. You do not have to show work for these. .(Skip #2)
Test Friday Oct 21 on using the 5 kinematic equations. See Notes &Study page for practice.
The lab report on ROCKET is due Tuesday Oct 18th.
Week 5 PS #4 Chapter 3 Acceleration due Friday, Oct 14
Conclusions are all the patterns about what shapes represent what motions (forward, backwards, still, fast, slow, accelerating, decelerating)
Test Friday Oct 7th on Motion Graphs. Office hoursThurs 3:00-3:30 & 7:30 am- 8AM Friday.
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PS#3: Graphs with UTexas in 2 parts
a) UTexas assignment #2 on Distance-Time Graphs closes Wednesday night October 5th.
90% score will earn you 50 pts on PS#3 This will allow a few points of wiggle room for wrong guesses and mistakes.
b) UTexas assignment #3 on Speed -Time Graphs closes Thursday night October 6th.
90% score will earn you 50 pts on PS#3 This will allow a few points of wiggle room for wrong guesses and mistakes.
Week 3 : Graphing Motion
PS#2 Distance-Time Graphs, Due Friday Sept 30th
a. Start reading Chater 2 up to page 39. Do problems 9 and 11 on p. 39. Stamp Monday b. Do problem #12, 13 (stamp Tuesday) c. Read pages 40-41, then answer questions 14-18 on page 41(stamp Weds) d. Correct all mistakes on test and staple it into problem set. (10 pts) e. Finish the worksheet we started in class "How Fast?" (10 pts). An extra copy is below:
Lab #1: Write a good copy of the lab report . Due Monday Sept 12
Lab #1: To Determine the Thickness of a Page: I want you to come up with a way to measure the thickness of one page of your Physics textbook as accurately as possible using nothing but a ruler. Think of how you can minimize the error involved. If you haven't a clue where to start, this movie might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7txxf-bCps
Read this before you write your good copy and proof read your scrap copy for error.
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* Old material from previous years **
Review Sessions (Learning Institutes) happen each day at 3pm in room 324 or 325 from June 14 (Tuesday), 15, 16, 17 and Monday June 20th (the day before the exam).
You can also drop into my classroom for one-on-one help with any questions you have from 9AM -10:30 on Tuesday 6/14 or Thursday 6/16 or Monday 6/20
or from 1:00-2:00 PM on any day before the exam except Friday..
Go to my exam review page for lots of good ways to study and review for the full Regents examination.The Regents exam is Tuesday June 21 from 12:30- 3:30 in the Gym (please be there at 12:15 with pencils and a calculator). It is 3 hours long. If you get extended time, report to the extended time room .
PS 4.4: The Nucleus Chapter 30 : Due Tuesday May 31 (85 pts)
a. Mass Defect & Binding Energy: Read pages 799 - 804. Answer problems #5 and 6 on page 805 showing formulas and work.(stamp Tuesday) b. Nuclear Reactions: Read pages 806 - 808. What are alpha particles? beta partices? gamma rays? Answer questions 15, 18 on p. 808 and 20 & 23 on p. 809.(stamp Weds)
c. Fission & Fussion: Read pages 811-814. Tell the difference between fusion and fission. (stamp Thursday) d. Particle Accelerators: Read pages 815-823. Answer questions #79-82 on page 829. The Standard Model Chart on your Regents Reference Table may help with this. e. Test Corrections (15 pts)inished early, start to prep for the test on my Notes & Study page.
Bring earbuds on Monday & Tuesday for online video clips in computer room 205. I will be out at a teaching conference.
Monday & Tuesday,May 16-17:
Online videos: If you have earbuds, start watch these six 5-minute online videos, and answer on looseleaf the question listed next to the link as you finish each one. This may take more than one period, so if you dont have a double period you can finish it Tuesday.
#2 Quantum Leap Max Planck Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class. #3 Bohring the Atom Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class. #5 Pesky Atoms: Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class. #7 Atoms have signatures So how do atoms have "signatures"? What is this gadget they used called a "spectroscope"? Classical Gas: What ideas in classical physics were eventually contradicted by modern quantum physics?
Book work: start this if you have a double period today; you can finish it tomorrow with the sub. Read pages 747-748: Tell what the diagram on the bottom of page 748 is trying to show. Read pages 749-751. What is the difference between the emission spectrum and absorption spectrum of sodium shown on the bottom of the page? How are they similar to each other? How did the existence of these spectra change our understanding of the atom in modern physics? Read pages 752-754.What is the diagram on the right side of page supposed to show about atoms and light?
Comics:
1. Tony Stark has developed some stealth armor for occasions where he needs to avoid being detected. Read through issue #152 and describe the physics principles he uses to remain undetected. Explain why they are or are not plausibleIMM#152 Stealth Armor.pdf
2. On the 2nd and 3rd page, Virgil mentions “plasma” and “lightning balls”. These are real electrical phenomena. Search for some information on them and, in a few sentences, tell what they are.
3. Tell 2 things that SS does by controlling his electromagnetic field in this story. Decide whether each of these seems to conform with or violate what you know about electricity and fields and justify your decision.
If you have finished early, start to prep for the test on my Notes & Study page.
Labs #4.7 (Curved Mirror & Lenses) , #4.8 (Color Mixing) and #4.9 (Casting Images) due
Friday M
ay13th.
If you want to get ahead of next week's work, start reading chapters 27 on Quantum Theory and 28 on Atomic Physics and start correcting the last test on light.
Go to my exam review page for lots of good ways to study and review.Regents Review Sessions (Learning Institutes) with Mr Adler will be Thursday & Friday June 7 &8 and Tues-Weds-Thursday June 12-13-14 after school in room 325 .
You can also drop into my classroom for one-on-one help with any questions you have on Thursday June 14, Friday June 15 and Monday June 18 before the exams anytime from 9 to 11:30 AM and 1:00 to 3PM
The Regents exam is Tuesday June 19th from 12:30-3:30 . Please arrive at 12:15.
Room 411 is the conflict room and the room is for special accommodations.
Go to my exam review page for lots of good ways to study and review.
Weekend Work: SCORE AND GRADE Practice Regents K that I handed out last week. That will count as a problem set . Copies are below. I will give out the answer key Thursday. Show me the graded Regents on the last day of class, Monday, June 11.
The final problem set will be based on the paperback purple Regents Review Book, Section 6, Modern Physics. Read it. It sums up in a few pages all you need to know about Modern Physics fro the Regents exam. The actual assignment will happen in Google Classroom starting Monday June 4th and will be due Friday June 8th in Google classroom. It looks like this:
You should bring in your red text book soon; we are done with it. Keep the purple review book until the Regents exam ( I will collect it in the gym). You will need it to study. I will give out and answer key to the whole book on the last day of class.
Problem Set 4.6 
Refraction due Friday June 1
a) Refraction multiple choice worksheet (stamp Tuesday)Textbook work:
b) Read pages 485-487. Answer questions 1,2,3, 4 on page 487. (Stamp Thurs)
c) Read pages 488-493. Answer question on page 508 -509 # 38,39, 53, 55, 60, 70, 75, 79. (Stamp Thurs)
Lab 4.7 Mixing Colored Light & Paint Due Weds
Problem Set 4.5 on Reflection (Ch 17) Due Monday May 21
1. Read the beginning of Chapter 17 on REFLECTION in plane mirrors pages 456-463 only.
2. Answer the questions from these 2 worksheets. Stamp Friday for any 6 questions answered or 2 stamps for 12 questions answered.
Thursday: Test 4.2 on Light & Electromagnetic Waves
First 2 Labs on Light due Wednesday: 4.5 Reflection. 4.6 Prism
PS 4.4: Introduction to Light * Ch 16
Due Wednesday May 15.
a) After reading p. 431-433, define luminous, illuminated, opaque, transparent, and translucent. Stamp Friday May 10
b) Skip pages 434-437. Read "Speed of Light" pages 437-438 and "The Wave nature of Light" pages 439-445. Stamp Monday
Answer the Assessment questions, p. 452 #24, 25, 33, 34, 35, 36.
c) TEST CORRECTIONS
d) Worksheets below
Test Tuesday on waves & magnetism. See the Notes & Study page for review practice.
Thursday in class:
Finish, staple and hand-in any due problem set and lab report to the sub.
Start the UTexas called "Waves Practice" which closes Saturday night. We are prepping for a test Tuesday.
Lab 4.4 Water Waves due Weds
PS 4.3 SOUND Due Thurs May 3
Read Ch. 15 on SOUND:
a) After reading pages 402-405, answer questions 1 and 4 on p. 405. (Stamp Monday April, 30)b) After reading pages 405-419, answer ASSESSMENT questions on p. 424 # 30, 36, 37
and Multiple Choice on p. 429 # 1 and 3
c) Worksheets:
CLASSWORK with sub Thursday:
1. Finish the lab on Tuning Forks . It is due Monday.
2. Finish the Problem Set. It is due Friday.Lab 4.3 Tuning Forks due Monday
PS 4.2 Waves. Due Friday April 27
Read Chapter 14 on WAVES. Skip pages 376-80. Start on p381 .
After reading pages 381 - 385:a. Define all terms in bold type (25pts) Stamp Monday
b. do Practice Problems #15 & 16 on p.386 ( 10 pts) Stamp Monday
Read WAVE BEHAVIOR on pages 387-391.
c) Do Chapter Assessment p. 396 # 30-34, 75, 76, 80, 89. (25 pts) Stamp Monday
d) Test corrections test 3.2 (10 pts)
e) Test corrections test 3.3 (10 pts)
f) Do Google Classroom worksheet called "Wave terms" (10 pts)
g) 7 animations {20 pts} . Each animation shows you something about waves that can be seen by watching how it moves. Spend several minutes on each animation, then write on a piece of looseleaf a few sentences for each animation about what it's motion says about waves and their behavior.
Wave Characteristics
- Waves (Top and Side View) (4.3b)
- Frequency/Amplitude(4.3c)
- Transverse/Longitudinal(4.3b,c,e)
- Amplitude and Wavelength (4.3b)
Doppler Effect- Doppler Effect - Train (4.3n)
- Radar Guns & Waves (4.3n)
- Doppler Effect - Mouse-(4.3n)
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Lab 4.4 Simulation for Mechnical Waves atMechanical Waves - University of Colorado
You should try to make high and low frequency and wavelength waves, just like you did with the metal spring. Design your own experiment with the simulation, write your own procedure, make your own observations obout what changes when you experiment with changing different things, and draw your own conclusions. Take a screen shot to use as your diagram .
Thursday:
Follow the instructions with of teacher covering the class. Have the work below done by the end of the week.Wednesday, April 11:https://goo.gl/forms/3uw58bIEohwaOefJ3
Google classroom update: I've graded the Resistivity video assignment and returned it in Google Classroom , but I won't add it to Power School until I get back sometime in April. That will count for 4th quarter. If you haven't done it, you can still do it for 80% late credit.
Make sure you have joined the right Google classroom class:
Period 8 : the correct code to join is doqtufm. One student in this section accidentally joined my Forensics class and needs to fix that.Period 5: the correct code to join is fg0rlk.
I've added a video with an explanation of 5 regents questions to answer on magnetism as the last part of PS.4.1. It should be done in Google Classroom,
PS 4.1 Introducing Magnetism (Chapter 24) due Friday April 13th
a. Read pages 642 - 648.-Answer Practice Problems on page 647 #1-4. (20 points)
- Answer "Mastering Concepts" p.664 #33,35, 36, 37, 38, 39. (30 points)
b. Watch the cartoon movies on magnetism that the sub shows on the smartboard. Take notes as you watch using your own judgement. Attach notes to this problem set; 3 -5 key facts/notes per 10 minute movie clip.(25 points). If the smartboard isn't working or you miss a class, all 6 clips Can be played from YouTube as a continuous movie at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bht9AJ1eNYc
c. Online work in Google Classroom 5 regents question worksheet on magnetism from teacher video. (25 points)
Thursday (Cycle day 4) March 28
Take test 3.3 in class on paper today. I found a technical problem with accessing responses in Google Classroom in the practice test we did, so I decided I'd rather go with paper for the test to play it safe. It should take around 30 minutes to complete. If you need extra time, ask your substitute teacher.
Nothing is due the Monday you come back after break if you've done and handed into the sub this week everything under "Old Stuff" below Yoda, but if you want to get ahead and get an extra credit stamp, here's the start of what's next. It will count for 4th quarter. Make sure you've got the old stuff done...you can hand things in late work after the break for 80% credit since that is still the last week of the 3rd quarter.
Have a good break!
Wednesday (Cycle day 3) March 27
A common mistake many of you made on the practice quiz was not to flip your final answer for adding resistors in parallel. For three 2 ohm resisters in parallel: 1/Rtotal = 1/2 + 1/2 +1/2 = 3/2 But that is not the final answer (its only 1/Rtotal). To get R total, you have to reciprocate both sides of the equation again, so Rtotal = 2 ohms/3 or 0.67 ohms (not 6. not 1.5).
The following students need to sign in today to make sure they can access Google classroom and that you can do the practice questions.
pd. 5 : Jim M. and Tom G.
pd 8: Tom P, Nevin S and Mike S.
If you didn't do it yesterday, TRY THE PRACTICE TEST IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM TODAY. It won't count in your grade; I just want to be sure everyone knows how to take a test in Google Classroom. Its just one multiple choice and one free response, just to make sure everything is working. If you are having a problem with Google Classroom or the practice test, email me at mfrancesco@socsd.org.
If you've finished everything above & below, use the Notes & Study Page to practice for Test 3.3 on Thursday. It will be an online test in in Google Classroom. If you can't figure out how to join the class using the instruction below, get one of the students who has to show you how to today.
It's been arranged so either Mr. Adler or Mr. Keelty will be able to work with your Physics class on certain days and periods for the rest of my absence. I'm glad they can help you. Ask questions on what you don't understand so far and follow their directions. Ms. Putko has a flashdrive of instructional videos that I would like you to see and will oversee you when you are doing work at your desks to learn the material.
Pd. 5/4 Mr. Adler will teach Regents Physics class each day period 5
and Ms.Putko will be there period 4 on days 2,4,6(lab periods )
Pd. 8/9 Mr. Keelty will teach Regents Physics Days 1, 3, 5 (lab periods)
and Ms.Putko will be there period 8 each day .
Bring your chromebook or computer with earbuds every day .There will be work to do online or in Google classroom.
The first period Ms. Putko is covering I would like you to go online and sign up for a new Google Classroom account I've set up for each class. This will allow you to hand in homework online so we don't have to try to move any more papers back and forth.
How do students sign up for Google classroom?
Join a your new Regents Physics class in Google Classroom
To join the right class students in Period 5/4 must use join code fg0rlk and Period 8/9 most use join code doqtufm.
Once you are in, please start the first assignment called "Resistivity Video Assignment". Due in GoogleClassroom by Weds night.
Any old work below that was handed in last week I have at home now and will grade and enter soon in Powerschool.
Any old work that wasn't yet handed please hand in to Ms Putko by Wednesday March 28 and someone will get it to me to correct over the break.
Friday (cycle day 6):
1. You should start the new UTexas on Series & Parallel Circuits to get ready for a test on it next week , It counts as a homework, with the usual 80% correct is 100.2. During the double period, your sub will stream a movie on the topic called
Episode 33: Electric Circuits - The Mechanical Universe
3. See SnowDay Update below from Weds.
SnowDay Update: PS 3.5 has been graded and added to power school. I will try to send graded papers back to you Weds. I would like you to start stapling together each problem set you've finished below and I will have a sub collect them on Thursday and I will have someone get them to my by house for me to grade and add to PowerSchool. If you have a low grade for PS 3.5 now, complete it this week (online UTexas or Power Problems) and also give that to the sub Weds. Don't use the mailbox....staple and hand in everything to sub with name and PS # on it on Thursday . Same thing for old labs . Check Power School to see what you may have to finish or still hand in.
Try to help each other with this work. Next week I will try to set up some way to interact with you for some Q&A (maybe Google Classroom) to see what I can help you with.
Thanks for being patient as I get better.
* M. Francesco
Classroom Work to start Friday and finish on Monday in class from the RED TEXTBOOK.
PS 3.8 Book Problems on Series & Parallel Circuits + Movie Problems
Odd problems have solutions in back to help you. Try, then peek at solution.A. Series Circuits Page 619 #1,2,3,4,5. Draw the circuit first , then solve. There is a section of the reference tables that sums up the series formulas. Have that out. Key idea; In series circuits, current is the same all through the circuit but voltages add up across each resistor (like our 3 light bulbs did)
B. Parallel Circuits page 626 #15,16,17
Draw the circuit first , then solve. There is a section of the reference tables that sums up the parallel formulas. Have that out. Key idea; In parallel circuits, voltage is the same for each resistor parallel to the batter but currents split up as it flows into each branch.
C. Unless you have earbuds, do these movies from APlus Physics at home so the sound doesn't distract classmates. I would like you to literally watch and copy out the problems he does as if it were you copying what I do in class, Its the same formulas, but uses a table to organize the calculations, which some students find a helpful organizer in series and parallel circuits. This will take about an hour total to do.
Save what you do on paper, computer or google drive until I get back.
PS 3.7 Series & Parallel II * Weds & Thursday to be started in class.See if you can do the same simulations online but now we will step it up a level:
a. Do 3 bulbs in series, one switch to turn them all on and off. Then try to drag in the voltmeters to measure the voltage across each bulb, Then add an ammeter to see how much current is coming out of the battery when the circuit is on.
b. Do 3 bulbs parallel, but have 3 separate switches so each can be turned off independently. Check voltages and current with meters, Tell how the readings and brightness change when individual switches are turned on and off.
c. Do these 2 worksheets found at the link below. You can answer on looseleaf or print out and fill-in, whichever you prefer, Goto
http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/Circuits
Work already started in class on Monday & Tuesday
PS 3.6 Series & Parallel Circuits I1. Read about series and parallel circuits. Use either one of these pdfs
2. On looseleaf;
a, Draw 2 light bulbs connected in series with each other and to a battery so they all light up.
b. Draw 2 light bulbs wired parallel to each other and connected to a battery so they would turn all on.
c. Tell how the current, voltages and resistance would be similar or different in the series circuit compared to the parallel circuit that you just drew.
3, Now you will draw these same 2 circuits online with a simulator and see if they actually light up. When the lights work, take a screen shot or save to google drive so you can eventually print it out to hand in.
Go to http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/circuit-construction-kit-dc: click on RUN NOW to start the simulation.
Hint, If it catches fire, you accidentally added a wire that short circuited to the battery without going through the bulb,,,,remove that wire..
OLD WORK FROM LAST WEEK
PS 3.51. UTexas on current due Friday 3/2 before midnight 3/2: 80% gets full 50 pts.
2. Power problems are due Monday 3/5 on looseleaf from the reading packet :page 388 #2,3,5, 7. Page 390 #9, 11. Page 394 #19, 20. worth 50 pts
A copy is at http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdf
In class Monday before handing in the problem set, do the energy cost problem #25 on page 398 using the new unit "kilowatt-hours".
3. Test Tuesday 3/6.
4. Lab 3.4 onPower and lab 3.5 on Bulbs in Seres are both due Wednesday 3/7
PS 3.4 Current Electricity
a. Over the break, read the handout I gave Friday. A copy is at http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdfTHEN on looseleaf, a. write out all boldface words and their definitions from 385-388.
(stamp Tues)
b. Test 3.1 corrections. (stamp Tues)
T'Challa rules......literally
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Labs 3.2 & 3.3 can be handed in any day this week.
P.S. 3.3 VOLTAGE due Friday Feb 16
a) Read pages 569-572 in the red textbook on Voltage.Solve problems (showing work) for problems #21, 22 and 23 on page 572 . (Stamp Tuesday)
b) Watch the first 5 minutes of the video on voltage ("electrical potential difference) at http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/regents/videos/ElecPotDiff/ElecPotDiff.html
Write out the solutions on looseleaf to sample problems 1,2 & 3 that he takes you through (Stamp Wednesday)
c) Read about Millikan's Experiment on pages 573-574. Answer questions 26, 27, 28 on page 574
d) Read page 575-578, then answer questions # 63 and 65 on page 585.
Use my Notes & Study page and class notes to review for test Monday.
Electricity labs are due Tuesday.PS 3.2 Electric Fields: due Friday
a. Read about Electric Fields on pages 563-565 Answer #1,2,3 after reading. (20pts) {Stamp Tuesday}
b. Read pp. 566-572. Answer questions #21-22 on p. 572 Stamp Weds
c) Read pages 573-577. Answer questions #61 & 62 on page 585. Stamp Thursday
d) Answer questions 44-47 at the back of rthe chapter, page 584.
e ) Click on Ch20 ElectrostaticsWkshts.pdf (30pts) to open and answer questions
Download
Problem Set 3.1 * Ch.20 Static Electricity * due Friday Feb 2
Lab 3.1 due Friday
a. Read pp. 541-545. Answer "Mastering Concepts" p. 558 # 23,24, 25, 26. (Stamp for 2 problems started on Tuesday. Stamp if 4 problems done by Wednesday)
b. Read pp. 546-551. Solve problem # 9 & 10 on p. 552
c. Mastering Problems p. 559 # 42, 43, 45
d. New work to do in class with sub on Thursday:
Read any pages you haven't read yet in Chapter 20.
Answer questions 27, 31 and 35 on page 558
Period 3 & 4: If you have fished all the above, quiz yourself with the following:
Intro
**Electroscope**
Conduction
Conduction
Induction
Induction
Midterm is Friday, 8:30 AM - 11:30 in Gym. Period 5 is row I. Period 8 is row K. Extended time is in Room 418.
You can drop in for extra help in my classroom during midterm week on Monday morning from 8:30 to 11:30 and all day Weds 8:30 - 3:00 . For practice, go to the Midterm Review page
PS 2.10 MOMENTUM
a. Read pages 228-233. Answer questions #1-4 on p. 233. Stamp Tuesday
b. Read pp. 236-237. Answer questions #13-16 on p. 238.c. Read pp.238-240. Solve problems # 19-21 on p. 240
d. On the Assessment page (p 250) Complete the Concept Map #32 and Mastering Concepts # 33, 34, 41 and 43.
e. Use the attached momentum graph to complete this worksheet.
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2. Test Corrections from Energy TestTest Friday Jan 12 on Energy, Work & Power . See our Notes & Study Page for extra practice and notes.
Spring Lab due Tuesday Jan 16
Problem Set 2.9 Springs & Energy Due Thursday Jan 11 .
a> Read pages 376-377. Answer questions #1-5 on page 378. (30points)b> Do the 2 sided handout given out in class (20 points)
c) Get 80% correct on the UTexas on Work,Energy & Power in class on Thursday (50 points)
PS 2.8 Conservation of Energy * Read Chapter 11 * Due Monday Jan 8.
a. Correct test 2.3 on Circles and Gravity (20 pts) Stamp Fridayb. After reading pages 285-287 answer problems #1 and 2 on page 287. (20 pts) Stamp Friday
c. After reading pages 288-290, answer problems #5,6,7 on page 291. (15 pts)
d. After reading pages 291-296 answer problems #15 and 16 on page 297. (20 points)
e. Answer multiple choice #1- 5 on page 311, showing the math behind your answer (25 points)
Lab 2.7 on Pulleys due Weds Jan 3rd
PS 2.7 Work & Energy due Tuesday Jan 2nd
a. Read the red textbook ages 257-261 and answer questions #1-3 on pages 261. {stamp Weds}b, Read the red textbook p.262-264 and answer questions #9-13 on 264. {stamp Thurs}
MULTIPLE CHOICE BELOW: Show work for calculations.
c. Read the purple regents review book pages 49-52 and answer questions 1-16 on pages 52-53 (do not write in the book) {stamp Friday}
d. Read page 54 and answer questions 17-23.
e. Read pages 55-57 and answer questions 24-27.
PS 2.6 Circular Motion
I. BOOK WORK {40 pts} due Friday Dec 15a. Read pp. 153-156. Do problem #12, 13 & 15 on p. 156.
b. On p. 166, do # 65 showing all work.
c) p 169 #2 and 4 (show work).
II. 2 UTexas {60 pts} : both close Monday at 6PM. After that you can see full solutions to any questions you couldn't do. On Circles, skip #10
{You get 30 points on each once you get 70% correct}
Lab on Circular Motion due Monday Dec 18
Test Tuesday Dec 19th on Circles & Gravity
Correct test 2.2 for 50% points back by Weds Dec 13.
PS 2.5 GRAVITY
due Monday December 11.
Book work: We are skipping the begining of the gravity chapter.
A. Read pages 175, skip 176, then read p.177-178. Answer #74,75, 76, 78 and 83 on pp. 192-193.
60 pointsB > ONLINE REGENTS REVIEW BOOK
Lab 2.4 Inclined Plane . Lab 2.5 Fan Cart. Both due Tuesday Dec 5.
Test Monday on Projectiles, Incline Planes & Rivers
PS 2.4 Projectiles, Incline Planes & Rivers {2D Motion}
Due Friday 12/1
Stamp Weds for any 2 finished problems. Friday for at least setting up any 5.
a. INCLINED PLANES: Read pages 132 -135
Do problems #38, 39, 40 and 41 on page 135 . Draw the inclined plane
and show the trigonometry in each problem .
b. PROJECTILES Assessment problems on page 164-166 # 51,52, 56, 68, 75.
C. RIVER; draw and solve #69 & 70 on page 166 .
D. Test Corrections.
Test Friday Nov 17 on 2-D Vectors & Friction
Tom the Turkey is coming soon to a table near you........
PS 2.3 Projectiles: All of this week's work will be handed in on Monday 11/27
Start reading Chapter 6 Motion in 2-Dimensions
A. First read p. 147-149 Then answer the following questions:
1. . What is meant by the title "independence of motion" on the top of p. 148?
How does the picture at the bottom of the page illustrate this? (Stamp Tuesday)2. Do practice problem #1, 2,3 on p 150. Stamp Weds if done up to here.
B . Read pp 150-152. Do problems 4,5,6 on p. 152 4. Do problem #52 from p. 165.
C. SKIP pages 154-156. Read pages 157-159. Solve problems 24 and 25 on p. 159.
Lab 2.1 Friction due Tuesday Nov 14
Lab.2.2 Projectiles due Wednesday Nov 15
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PS #2.2 FRICTION. Due Monday Nov 13
a. Read pages 126-128 on friction. Then answer problems #17-19 on p 128. Draw then solve. (15 points)stamp Wednesday
b. Read p.129.. Then answer problems #22-25 on p 130. Draw then solve. (20 points)
c. Signed grade report (10 points) Wednesday
d. Test #4 corrections(5 points) Wednesday
e. Utexas on Friction (50 points for 80% - closes Monday night)
Lab 2.2 Rocket
The last double period this week please bring a warm jacket or sweatshirt.......we are going outside to do a rocket lab.
Lab reports are due next Tuesday.
Video :
https://youtu.be/x3Xh00Jn8Bs
Oct 30 to Nov 7
PS #2.1 : Forces in 2 -D as Vectors. Due Monday Nov 6th. Chapter 5 to be handed in to the sub at the end of class Monday (not the mailbox)
a. Do questions #1,2,3, 4 on page 121. (Stamp Weds)
b. Read pages 122-124. Then answer questions #5,6,7 on p. 125. Draw to scale then solve. (Stamp Thurs)
c. page 141 #79-82 (Draw to scale)
d. There will be a UTexas on 2D vectors to work on in class Monday. 80% correct gets the full 30 pts. Problems that are difficult you can ask me to go over Tuesday. Closes Tuesday night 11:59PM.
PS #5 Forces * Hand in looseleaf work Friday Oct 27. Finish UTexas online by Saturday .
a. Test Corrections (10 pts)
b. UTexas on Newton's Laws - 80 % get full 20 - closes Saturday.
c. Book work (70 pts...lots of drawing)
In this chapter you will read a few pages, study a sample problem, and then try similar problems
.a. Read pages 86-89. Then answer questions #1-5 each DRAWING afree-body diagrams.(FBD)
b. Read pages 90-93. Then aswer questions #6,7. Draw FBD then solve. (stamp #1)
c. Read pages 94-97. Then answer problems #15,16,17 on p 97. Draw FBD then solve.
d. Read p.98-100.. Then answer problems #19-20 on p 100. Draw FBD then solve.(Skip 20 e)
e. Read p.100-104 . Then answer problems #28-29 on p 104. Draw FBD then solve (stamp #2)
f.. Read p.105-107. Then answer problems #32-33 on p 106. Draw FBD then solve.
g. Do Multiple Choice on pp. 117 #1 and #3-8. You do not have to show work for these. .(Skip #2)
Period 8 has a lab report due Monday, Oct 16 on the speed-time motion detector experiment .Period 5 does not because they already handed it in.
Week 2 of October:
PS 4: Motion Chapter 3 due Friday Oct 13
Test Corrections {10 pts}
Start reading Chapter 3 on Motion. Questions below for 90 Pts
a. Read pages 56-61, then answer questions #1-4 on p. 61. {Stamp Tuesday}b. Read pages 62-64, the answer questions # 6 and 7 on p. 64
c. Read pages 65-71, then answer questions
#22 & 23 on p. 67
#26 & 27 on p. 69
#30 & 31 on p. 71
d. Read section 3.3 “Freefall” on pages 72-74 then answer the following questions.
1. What big breakthrough in understanding motion did Galileo make?2. Tell how much a ball thrown straight up in the air changes speed
every second while rising?
3. Tell how much a ball thrown straight up in the air changes speed
every second while falling?
4. Give the number and unit for “the acceleration of gravity”.
5. Do problems #42 and 45 on p.74. Show all work.
PS #3: Motion 2 Due Thursday Oct 5. Test #2 on Friday Oct 6.
a. Book work (50 points): Read page 38. Then on page 39 answer problems #11 and 12 on looseleafRead page 40 . Then on page 41 answer problems #14-17 on looseleaf.
Do "standardized test practice" #1-7 on p. 55. Justify each multiple choice answer with a sentence or equation. (20 pts)
b. UTexas (50 points for 80% done) closes Thursday at end of school day, after which you could see solutions and answers at home for review.
*Week 4 of September:
Lab report on Motion Detector due Friday Hand in to substitute.
Problem Set #3 Representing Motion Due Friday Sept 29Hand in to substitute.
Read Chapter 2 of the red textbook.
a. Read p.31-36 of text book on "Representing Motion". Answer questions 49, 50, 51 on page 53 (stamp Monday) 15 points.
b. Correct all mistakes on test and staple it into problem set. (15 pts) Stamp Weds
c. 3 worksheets to be given out in class. are posted by clicking here (70 pts) Stamp Tuesday for finishing the first sheet c alled "Representing Motion"
Week 3 :
Lab #3 due Monday 9/21 on speed of car.Week 3:
Test on Wednesday on Measurement: study everything we've learned before this week . See the Notes & Study page for powerpoints used.
Lab #2 on Speed Due Monday Sept 18.
Problem Set #2 is a test review in UTexas . You get a 100 once you get it 80% correct. Closes Monday night .Week 2 Read Chapter 1
Problem Set #1: Due Friday Sept 15.
a) Get the parent letter signed . Staple it into the homework you will hand in Fiday (10 pts)
b) Sign the Classroom Rules page (10 pts)
C. Book work: Problem Set #1 (click on it) It involves reading the first chapter of textbook with bookwork done on looseleaf. (80%)Extra credit stamp Wednesday if you answer #1 & 2 ahead oftime.
Enrichment VideosA video just for fun:
"What is Physics?" a little comic relief from Sheldon & Penny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtL5q1IACfoSpeed and Velocity
Write a good copy of the lab report for Monday Sept 11
Read this before you write your good copy and proof read your scrap copy for error.
Enrichment websites:
3 from "The Physics Classroom":
* OLD STUFF
PS 4.8 The Nucleus Chapter 30 : Due Tuesday June 6
a. Mass Defect & Binding Energy: Read pages 799 - 804.
Answer problems #5 and 6 on page 805 showing formulas and work. Stamp Thursday,
b. Nuclear Reactions: Read pages 806 - 808.
What are alpha particles? beta partices? gamma rays?
Answer questions 15, 18 on p. 808 and 20 & 23 on p. 809. Stamp Friday.
c. Fission & Fussion: Read pages 811-814.
Tell the difference between fusion and fission.
d. Particle Accelerators: Read pages 815-823. Answer questions #79-82 on page 829. The Standard Model Chart on your Regents Reference Table may help with this.
e. Movie with sub: 3 new things about Modern Physics you learned from the movie "Elegant Universe".f. Correct test 4.2 and test 4.3
Extra Credit in the 4th quarter comes from my webpage on the Physics of the Flash at
http://flashphysics.wikispaces.com
To start JOIN my Physics of the Flash page . To access it use the joincode TQTXNXT at https://wikispaces.com/join/TQTXNXT
Thursday in class: online practice on UTexas in computer room 205: sub will take you there from 324. Counts as a homework: 80% right gets full homework points. If you finish early, study using the Notes & Study page
Test on Tuesday. See Notes & Study page
Lab 4.9 on Curved Mirrors & Lenses is due Friday May 19.
PS 4.7 Quantum Mechanics due Tuesday May 23 {50 pts}
#1 Classical Gas: What ideas in classical physics were eventually contradicted by modern quantum physics?#2 Quantum Leap Max Planck'Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.
(Stamp Friday)
#3 Bohring the Atom Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.
#5 Pesky Atoms: Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.
#7 Atoms have signatures So how do atoms have "signatures"? What is this gadget they used called a "spectroscope"?
3. Read Chapter 27 beginning on page 722.
After reading, answer #29-35, 37, 38 on page 742. (50 pts)
Test Thursday part 1, then Tuesday part 2 all on Curved Lenses & Mirrors , Images and Modern Physics.
Test part 2 Tuesday: Free response; explain, define, draw, measure with protractor, calculate etc. Anything we learned on light and color and scientists who made the discoveries is testable.
Test on Light and lab due Monday May 15
PS 4.6 Optics Due Friday 5-11
a. UTexas assignment online Waves 1. (40pts for 80% correct )
If you missed the Tuesday night deadline, I've moved the dates to allow late submission until Saturday night. Solutions open Sunday morning.b. . Do the book work on looseleaf that sub gives you in class on Weds (stamp Thursday) 60 pts
Refraction Chapter 18 Read pages 484-487. Show all work in solving problems #1-5 on page 487. You can look up the values of each index of refraction “n” on page 486.
Reflection Chapter 17 Read pages 456-463. Answer the “Mastering Concepts” questions from page 478 # 31-34, 53,54.
PS 4.5 Light 2 Due Friday May 5
Test correction of wrong and skipped questions from test 4.12 Worksheets
Spec & worksheet.pdf
This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day. To find a local comic book store , see
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/.Problem Set 4.4
Introduction to Light * Ch 16 due on Wednesday May 3.
Read Chapter 16 on Light.a) After reading p. 431-433, define luminous, illuminated, opaque, transparent, and translucent. Stamp Thurs 4/217 (15 pts)
b)Skip pages 434-437. Read "Speed of Light" pages 437-438 and "The Wave nature of Light" pages 439-445. Answer the Assessment questions, p. 452 #24, 25, 33, 34, 35, 36.Stamp Friday 4/259(25 pts)
Lab 4.6 on Color due Tuesday May 2
Prism Lab due Friday April 28
Lab 4.4 on Water Waves due Monday April 24
Test Weds on Sound and Magnetism
PS 4.3 Waves & Sound due Friday April 21
Read Chapter 14 on WAVES. Skip pages 376-80. Start on p381 .
After reading pa. ges 381 - 385:a. Define all terms in bold type (stamp Monday) (30pts)
b. do Practice Problems #15 & 16 on p.386 (stamp Tues) ( 10 pts)
Read WAVE BEHAVIOR on pages 387-391.
c) Do Chapter Assessment p. 396 # 30-34, 75, 76, 80, 89. (30 pts)
Lab 4.3 on Tuning Forks due Weds.
PS 4.2 is about FREE-FORM EXPERIMENTATION with ONLINE SIMULATIONS and is due Friday April 7 . Try some simulations from the Phet website on electricity and magnetism at
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics/electricity-magnets-and-circuitsDirections: Write on a piece of paper what you learned from the ones you try.
Print out one of the simulations and explain what is happening in it.
I expect evidence that you were fully engaged in these simulations the whole time you had class withe the sub today,and will grade it accordingly.
Lab 4.2 on Investigating Magnetic Fields due Friday as well.
PS 4.1 MAGNETISM Due Friday 4/7
Book work 80pts Test Corrections 20 pts
a. Read pages 642 - 647. Answer "Mastering Concepts" p.664 #33,35, 36, 37. Stamp Monday
b. Read about "Electromagnetism" pages 648-658
c. Answer assessments: p. 665 #59, 60, 61, 62 (These are typical, Regents-style questions) any 2 for stamp Wednesday
d.Correct both Test 3.3 and 3.4 (if you already submitted it, just restaple it into this week's problem set for credit.
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Weekend homework:
Lab report 4.1 on the Fuse is due Monday.
Stamps Monday for starting the first 4 questions below on Magnetism.
Lab 3.6 Parallel Light Bulbs due Thursday Mar 30
PS 3.8 Complex Circuits (Series & Parallel): Friday Mar 31
Circuit Test Friday
a) Get 85% correct on the UTexas Simple Circuit assignment by Monday night 3/27 to get the full 40 homework points.
Read from the new packet on Series & Parallel Circuits below
b) Answer TRY ITS #1,2,3 on page 238 (Stamp Wednesday) 20 pts
c) Answer Chapter 12 Assessments on p. 238-239 #1-5 (Stamp Thursday) 20 pts
d) Complete questions #6, 8-11 (skip 7)from the same packet: 20 pts.
Test on Circuits Friday March 31.
Lab 3.5 due Friday 3/24
Students who missed last Friday's test will take it in class on Friday 3/24 while the rest of the class does a new UTexas on circuits.PS 3.7 Electric Current
Stamp for part B on Monday March 20. NOT DUE UNTIL Friday March 24.
FIRST Read the hand out from pages 385-388. If you lost the handout, an extra copy is at http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdfa. Do problems #1-6 on page 388, showing all work, formulas and units. (stamp on Monday) (Note: odd problems have answers in margin so you can check if you are doing it correctly)
b. Read pages 389-390. Solve problems 9 - 14, showing all work (stamp Tuesday)
c. Read page 391. Draw circuits and solve problems #15- 17 on page 391.
Correct test 3.2
Lab 3.3 E Maps due Monday March 13
Raffle Thursday March 16th
Test on Voltage & Current on Friday March 17th
P.S. 3.6 VOLTAGE due Tuesday March 14
a) Read 569-572 on Voltage. Solve problems (showing work) for problems #21, 22 and 23 on page 572. (Stamp Monday).
b)Write out the solutions on looseleaf to sample problems 1,2 & 3 that he takes you through (Stamp Tuesday)
c)Watch the first 5 minutes of the video on voltage ("electrical potential difference) at http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/regents/videos/ElecPotDiff/ElecPotDiff.html
(stamp Wednesday)
d) Read about Millikan's Experiment on pages 573-574. Answer questions 26, 27, 28 on page 574 (Stamp Thursday)
e) Read page 575-578, then answer questions # 63 and 65 on page 585.
IF there is a Snow Day Tuesday, add this and hand in the next day
FIRST Read the hand out from pages 385-388. If you lost the handout, an extra copy is at http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdf
THEN on looseleaf, a. write out all boldface words and their definitions from 385-388.
Test Friday on everything we have learned about electricity.
PS 3.5 Electrostatics II Due Thursday, March 2nd
a. Correct Test (10pts)
b Watch these videos online on electricity and write/draw from the videos as described below. (40 points) Stamp Monday
- Electric Charge :
Summarize it in a paragraph in your own words.- Conduction and Induction
Draw on looseleaf the illustration of electroscopes being charged by induction, showing all the steps involving grounding.- Coulomb's Law:
On looseleaf, copy the problem and solution on the force between 3 protons and an electron.Try to understand all 4 problems done,but you don't have to copy them.
- Electric Fields
Summarize what electric fields look like using your own words or drawings.c. Ch20 ElectrostaticsWkshts.pdf (30pts)
d. Read about Electric Fields on pages 563-565 1,2,3. (20pts)
Lab on Momentum due Monday
For the last 10 points Go to https://wikispaces.com/join/FHX7DD9
Use the following joincode
FHX7DD9
This will allow you to access my superfiles wiki which we will use for some assignments and extra credit in the second semester,
Set up a username and password like you did with ScienceofStarWars last semester.
Don't do any of the tasks yet....just sign in and save your password for later use.
Finish UTexas on Energy by Monday night. If you want to get ahead, start reading Chapter 9 on Momentum.
Problem Set 3.2 Springs & Energy
Due Monday Feb 6.
a> Read pages 376-377. Answer questions #1-5 on page 378. (30points)b> Do the 2 sided free response with graphs from handout. (20 points)
c) Get 80% correct on the UTexas on Work,Energy & Power (50 points)
Problem Set 3.1: Midterm Corrections to be done by the end of the 3rd quarter.
Find a time when you can drop by my room to finish it in the next couple of weeks.
Corrections go on separate looseleaf, showing solutions to any midterm questions you didn't get right, justifying your answers and or explaining your mistake.Extra Help Hours for Midterm in Room 324 Monday and Tuesday : 9:00 am to 10:00 AM and 1:00-2:00 PM.
Midterm in Gym Weds Jan 25th, 12:30- 3:30.
Students who get a special location should report to room 423 instead of the gym.
PS# 2.8 Work & Energy.......... due Thursday Jan 19. This is the last assignment in marking period #2,
Read pp. 257-265.
a. Solve problems #1-3 on p. 261. (Stamp Tuesday Jan 16)
b. Solve problems #9-13 on page 264. (Stamp Wednesday Jan 7)
c. Read from the review book (purple paperback) pages 49-57 and answer #17, 18, 20, 23 on page 55 and #24,25,26,27 on p. 57 on looseleaf, showing formulas, units and work.
We will go over the midterm material and how to prepare for it on Thursday and Friday. If you want to start early, go over old tests, chapter 2 only of the purple review book and use the links at the Notes & Study page. All the review material and online links are still there . The topics we are doing this week since the last test are not on the midterm ( no Springs, Energy, Work, Power, Momentum or Impulse).
The 2 labs on springs and pulleys are dur Friday Jan 13.
a. Finish the UTexas on Gravity by Friday night Jan 6. 80% right gets you the full 50 points, so you don't have to get everything right the first time through. The 50 points counts as the second half of problem set 2.7 on Gravity that you already handed in.
b. Finish the Gravity Regents packet (17 Questions) with answers justified in the right column for Monday Jan 9.
Test Thursday Jan 12 on
If you have a chromebook, go to the Chrome store and download Pasco's Sparkvue software before Wednesday's class. We will use it for a lab Weds. The link to download is
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sparkvue/iimbdmgkimpbhimdjnmiffmeefbppijo?hl=en-USProblem Set 2.5: Circular Motion due Tues Dec 20
BOOK WORK {50 pts}a. Read pp. 153-156. Do problem #12, 13 & 15 on p. 156.
b. On p. 166, do # 65 showing all work.
c) p 169 #2 and 4 (show work)
Stamp for each part (a,b,c) that is done by Friday.
d. UTexas : closes Tuesday night. {You get all 50 points once you get 80% correct}
e. Test Correction ; later (10 pts)
Problem Set 2.4 Projectile Motion Due Monday Dec 12th
Test Corrections: {Stamp Tuesday}
Book work { 90 pts} is below:
Start reading Chapter 6 Motion in 2-Dimensions
First read p. 147-149 Then answer the following questions:
1. Do practice problem #1, 2,3 on p 150. {Stamp Wednesday} if done up to here.
Next read pp 150-152.2. Do problems 4,5 on p. 152 4.
3. Do problem #52 from p. 165.
SKIP pages 153-156.
Finally, read pages 157-159.
4. Solve problems 24 and 25 on p. 159.
5. Solve assessment problems on page 164-166 # 51, 56, 68, 70,75.
Staple in Test with Corrections {10 pts}
PS 2.5 Utexas assignment: Projectiles.
85% correct gets 100 for the homework. It closes Monday night.
Spinning Stopper Lab due Monday Dec 19
Test Wednesday 12/14 on P R OJ E C T I L E S. See Notes & Study page
PS#2.3 Test Review * Test Weds, hand in work Friday
Complete practice sheets that we do in class in preparation for Wednesday's test on 2D vectors
a. Inclined Plane at 80 degrees {10 pts}
b. Multiple choice Assessments Part A & C from last week's vector packet. { 40 pts}
Answers are on Notes & Study page.
c. Thursday in class: Read the beginning of Chapter 6, pages 146-149.
1. Define the following in your own words: trajectory, projectile.2. How does figure 6.1 with the 2 baseballs on page 148 show "Independence of Motion on 2 Dimensions". (stamp Friday)
Read pages 131-135 in the red textbook over the break to learn how to analyze inclined planes. There is no written work to do over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Test on Forces at Angles Wednesday Nov 30. Practice using the multiple choice in last week's packet. I will post answers after Thanksgiving. It is not required homework; just test prep.Hand in lab report on Inclined Plane and PS 2.2 by Tuesday, November 22.
PS 2.2 Forces at Angles
Start reading this packet on Vectors given out in class. A copy is below:
Note: Use a ruler and protractor for any problems that say "solve graphically"
Problems to be done on looseleaf (90%)
Stamp Wednesday for reading up to page 33 and doing TRY IT #1on page 31 and #2 (a & d only page 33).Stamp Thursday for reading up to 35 and doing TRY IT #4 a,b, & c only on page 35
Stamp Friday for reading up to 37 and doing TRY IT #5 on page 37
"Try Its" #6,7,8 on page 39.
Physics is Magic.* * * * * * * * * * Magic is Strange.
Test Tuesday 11/15 on Forces. Practice real problems we did or those on my Notes & Study Page.
Start Utexas on Forces on Wednesday in class. It closes Friday night. 80% correct gets you 100 for the first problem set of the new marking period.
Lab #2.1 on String Tension due Election Day, Tuesday November 8.
Week 8: Chapter 4 (and part of 5) on Forces due Friday Nov 4th.
Lab on friction due Tuesday.a. Read about FRICTION on pages 126-130. Solve problems 17-20 on page 128 showing work and units.(stamp Wednesday)
Show formulas, work and full solutions with units for the following problem at the end of Chapter 4:
b. page 113 #59, 60, 61, 64, 67, 68 (Stamp Thursday)
c. Elevator problem #69 on page 113 (refer to p, 98-99 if you need to review apparent weight in an elevator).
d. page 114 #75, 77, 79, 80 . Draw these problems first and make a free body diagram before writing equations,
Nothing is due Monday, Make a really cool costume for Halloween and prep for Color Week.
It isn't just Halloween. The Saturday before Halloween is also HALLOWEEN COMICFEST at your local comic shop. Participating stores give out free comics published by comic companies specially for that day. Comic Warehouse in Pearl River should have them.
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Week 7: FORCE
Lab #7 on Measuring Forces due Thursday, October 27.
PS #5 Force * Due Friday Oct 28
I. Test Corrections (10 pts)
II. Book work
{80 pts} Read Chapter 4 on Forces. Answer as you read........||
In this chapter you will read a few pages, study a sample problem, and then try similar problems
.a. Read pages 86-89. Then answer questions #1-5 with free-body diagrams.(FBD)
b. Read pages 90-93. Then aswer questions #6,7. Draw FBD then solve. (stamp Tuesday)
c. Read pages 94-97. Then answer problems #15,16,17 on p 97. Draw FBD then solve.
d. Read p.98-100.. Then answer problems #19-20 on p 100. Draw FBD then solve.(Skip 20 e)
e. Read p.100-104 . Then answer problems #28-29 on p 104. Draw FBD then solve (stamp Weds)
f.. Read p.105-107. Then answer problems #32-33 on p 106. Draw FBD then solve.
g. Do Multiple Choice on pp. 117 #1 and #3-8. You do not have to show work for these. .(Skip #2)
Test Friday Oct 21 on using the 5 kinematic equations. See Notes &Study page for practice.
The lab report on ROCKET is due Tuesday Oct 18th.
Week 5 PS #4 Chapter 3 Acceleration due Friday, Oct 14
a) Book work (90 pts): see http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/Accelerated+Motion
(stamp Tuesday Oct 11 for doing any 4 questions, second stamp Thursday for 8 questions)
b) Test corrections (10pts)Optional: Watch 3 video clips: the take away -- know what we mean by "free fall", "air resistance" (aka. "drag") and "terminal velocity" .
Freefall part 1 Freefall Part 2Physics of skydiving
No school Monday Oct 10. Happy Columbus Day.
If you are interested in some positive reasons to celebrate Columbus Day see
https://www.osia.org/documents/IAFall09144-Columbus.Lab #5 on Speed-Time Graphs due Thursday 10/ 6.
Conclusions are all the patterns about what shapes represent what motions (forward, backwards, still, fast, slow, accelerating, decelerating)
Test Friday Oct 7th on Motion Graphs. Office hoursThurs 3:00-3:30 & 7:30 am- 8AM Friday.
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PS#3: Graphs with UTexas in 2 parts
a) UTexas assignment #2 on Distance-Time Graphs closes Wednesday night October 5th.
90% score will earn you 50 pts on PS#3 This will allow a few points of wiggle room for wrong guesses and mistakes.
b) UTexas assignment #3 on Speed -Time Graphs closes Thursday night October 6th.
90% score will earn you 50 pts on PS#3 This will allow a few points of wiggle room for wrong guesses and mistakes.Week 3 : Graphing Motion
PS#2 Distance-Time Graphs, Due Friday Sept 30th
a. Start reading Chater 2 up to page 39. Do problems 9 and 11 on p. 39. Stamp Mondayb. Do problem #12, 13 (stamp Tuesday)
c. Read pages 40-41, then answer questions 14-18 on page 41(stamp Weds)
d. Correct all mistakes on test and staple it into problem set. (10 pts)
e. Finish the worksheet we started in class "How Fast?" (10 pts). An extra copy is below:
50, 51 on page 53 (stamp Friday)* L
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Lab #1: Write a good copy of the lab report . Due Monday Sept 12
Lab #1: To Determine the Thickness of a Page: I want you to come up with a way to measure the thickness of one page of your Physics textbook as accurately as possible using nothing but a ruler. Think of how you can minimize the error involved. If you haven't a clue where to start, this movie might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7txxf-bCps
Read this before you write your good copy and proof read your scrap copy for error.
First lab report due Friday.Those who have been assigned chromebooks, please bring them this Monday Sept 12 and we will use them for some group work on this assignment in class.
Enrichment (not required; optional, I'm not checking this)
Enrichment VideosWatch video clip on Speed and Velocity at
http://www.montereyinstitute.org/courses/College%20Preparatory%20Physics%20I/course%20files/multimedia/lesson01/lessonp.htmlA video just for fun:
"What is Physics?" a little comic relief from Sheldon & Penny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtL5q1IACfoEnrichment websites:
3 from "The Physics Classroom":
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* Old material from previous years **
Review Sessions (Learning Institutes) happen each day at 3pm in room 324 or 325 from June 14 (Tuesday), 15, 16, 17 and Monday June 20th (the day before the exam).
You can also drop into my classroom for one-on-one help with any questions you have from 9AM -10:30 on Tuesday 6/14 or Thursday 6/16 or Monday 6/20
or from 1:00-2:00 PM on any day before the exam except Friday..
Go to my exam review page for lots of good ways to study and review for the full Regents examination.The Regents exam is Tuesday June 21 from 12:30- 3:30 in the Gym (please be there at 12:15 with pencils and a calculator). It is 3 hours long. If you get extended time, report to the extended time room .
PS 4.4: The Nucleus Chapter 30 : Due Tuesday May 31 (85 pts)
a. Mass Defect & Binding Energy: Read pages 799 - 804. Answer problems #5 and 6 on page 805 showing formulas and work.(stamp Tuesday)b. Nuclear Reactions: Read pages 806 - 808. What are alpha particles? beta partices? gamma rays? Answer questions 15, 18 on p. 808 and 20 & 23 on p. 809.(stamp Weds)
c. Fission & Fussion: Read pages 811-814. Tell the difference between fusion and fission. (stamp Thursday)
d. Particle Accelerators: Read pages 815-823. Answer questions #79-82 on page 829. The Standard Model Chart on your Regents Reference Table may help with this.
e. Test Corrections (15 pts)inished early, start to prep for the test on my Notes & Study page.
Bring earbuds on Monday & Tuesday for online video clips in computer room 205. I will be out at a teaching conference.
Monday & Tuesday,May 16-17:
Online videos: If you have earbuds, start watch these six 5-minute online videos, and answer on looseleaf the question listed next to the link as you finish each one. This may take more than one period, so if you dont have a double period you can finish it Tuesday.
#2 Quantum Leap Max Planck Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.#3 Bohring the Atom Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.
#5 Pesky Atoms: Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.
#7 Atoms have signatures So how do atoms have "signatures"? What is this gadget they used called a "spectroscope"?
Classical Gas: What ideas in classical physics were eventually contradicted by modern quantum physics?
Book work: start this if you have a double period today; you can finish it tomorrow with the sub.
Read pages 747-748: Tell what the diagram on the bottom of page 748 is trying to show.
Read pages 749-751. What is the difference between the emission spectrum and absorption spectrum of sodium shown on the bottom of the page?
How are they similar to each other?
How did the existence of these spectra change our understanding of the atom in modern physics?
Read pages 752-754.What is the diagram on the right side of page supposed to show about atoms and light?
Comics:
Read DC's STATIC SHOCK :
2. On the 2nd and 3rd page, Virgil mentions “plasma” and “lightning balls”. These are real electrical phenomena. Search for some information on them and, in a few sentences, tell what they are.
3. Tell 2 things that SS does by controlling his electromagnetic field in this story. Decide whether each of these seems to conform with or violate what you know about electricity and fields and justify your decision.
If you have finished early, start to prep for the test on my Notes & Study page.
Labs #4.7 (Curved Mirror & Lenses) , #4.8 (Color Mixing) and #4.9 (Casting Images) due
Friday M
ay13th.
If you want to get ahead of next week's work, start reading chapters 27 on Quantum Theory and 28 on Atomic Physics and start correcting the last test on light.